Over the next five gameweeks our model projects 9 points for O'Nien and 18 for Thomas, so Thomas is the pick.

What does this comparison account for?

Price, ownership, form, expected goals and assists per 90, minutes reliability, and the difficulty of each player's next five fixtures.

O'Nien vs Thomas

Head-to-head over the next 5 gameweeks. Our model favours Thomas by 9 projected points.

O'Nien

SUNDERLAND · DEF · £3.9

projected points / 5 GW

Hold50%

BHA (H)BOU (A)LEE (H)COV (A)CHE (H)

Thomas

COVENTRY CITY · DEF · £4.0

projected points / 5 GW

Buy85%

NEW (H)TOT (A)FUL (H)SUN (H)EVE (A)

Stat by stat

£3.9Price£4.0

1Total points24

0.0Form4.3

1.0Points / game4.8

2.5%Owned8.5%

66Minutes437

0Goals0

0Assists0

0.01xG0.49

0.01xA0.30

1.7ICT18.4

3.0Avg FDR (5)2.8

9Projected pts18

The verdict

Thomas comes out ahead on the five-gameweek projection (18 vs 9), largely because of the fixture run (average difficulty 2.8) and better current form.

Hold — O'Nien is fine to keep, but there is no urgent case to bring him in.

Buy — Thomas is one of the better DEF options for the next 5 gameweeks.

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